"…then there was the year we homeschooled the kids!"

Scrambled Eggs for Brains

Blah…blah…blee…blah! When I haven’t written in a short while it seems impossible to return to. My mind has been running non-stop for a matter of days, which have slowly begun to build into a week, and I can’t stop long enough to reflect on anything. Thus my mind sort of looks like this:

Make breakfast, change diaper, clean milk from kitchen floor, OH, laundry, OH, forgot about the towels in the washer so they need to be run again, I wonder what…, is that Jane or Annie screaming for mercy, MOLLY IS ON THE TABLE, get her down, what was I just thinking I needed to do?

It sort of makes me sick to my stomach to look back over that, but seriously, that has seemed to be my life over the past week. Oh, besides the fact that Christmas came and went as long as the New Year celebration. Here’s a quick summary:

Christmas: fun times with family; lots of new fun toys for the girls; time off for Jackson; Mass on Christmas morning; girls were terrible at Mass Christmas morning; learned to never attend Mass Christmas morning; enjoyed a tasty pasta dinner instead of turkey and fixin’s which made me feel more in touch with my italian roots than my country roots (I honor my country roots for Thanksgiving fixin’s); IT SNOWED albeit very little; the Christmas spirit finally came after holding out all season; yes, it was worth the wait

New Years Eve: abnormally lovely day weather-wise; outside play; 5 mile run outside (some walking needed between miles); late evening glass of coffee to stay up long enough to ring in the new year which made me feel old; Ryan Seacrest and listening to the crappy load of pop-junk that is somehow considered the best music of the year made me want to stick sharp pencils in my ears which also made me feel old; no new years resolutions because they are a load of crap just like that pop-junk music; instead I will do what I have done the past few years and that is to live every moment trying to do my best

Today started a new year in homeschooling and all went well. That is considering if you factor in Jackson being off and being able to handle Molly mishaps. Molly mishaps would be her scaling chairs to get on the tables and those sorts of dangerous things she so desires to involve herself in lately. Tomorrow Jackson goes back to work – tomorrow my work will really be cut out for me. Yes, at this point I will take the advice I have received from several different homeschooling mothers who have pointed out that I am doing too much. Perhaps I am. Yes, I have felt myself being pulled into the vortex which leaves me a bit overwhelmed at times. Thank goodness Christmas is over and all of those gifts have been made and lovingly given away. Perhaps the vortex will give me some wriggle room to get back on track mentally, spiritually, physically, emotionally, and… is there something I’m missing? Probably. Well, feel free to fill in the blanks.

So, this has been incredibly all over the place – sort of like a rough-draft of a blog if that is even possible. It’s a direct reflection of my mind in its current state. I have scrambled eggs for brains. It’s all due to exhaustion from those never-ending strings of run-on to do lists. Homeschool…check…check…check! That has got to be my only goal this week as I seek to get back into the swing of things with the addition of Annie to our homeschool schedule.

Ah yes, you remember Annie, right? She’s my four-year-old who didn’t know many of her letters starting out the school year. Now she is beginning to read! My pride wants to pat me on the back; however, it is her that deserves the recognition and reward. I feel this has been from her own natural process and growth in moving from preschooler to school-age. That is still so unbelievable to me. Even with baby Molly entering the roll of littlest sister, Annie has still seemed my little baby girl. Next year she will be in kindergarten. Now she is READING! AND, she has a LOOSE TOOTH! Where did my little baby go? While I am sad to see her grow up, I find her ever-developing sense of self, and her maturing wit to be quite exciting to bear witness to. She’s a pretty cool little kid and I welcome the next three months of getting to not only be her mommy, but her teacher as well. I welcome these mornings we will sit in our living room in our big comfy chair to read through beginning reader books, laugh, and enjoy our time learning together (of course, to continue to do those things with Jane as well). Now, to just do all of that without Molly swinging from the cabinets! THAT will be my greatest task.

Lastly, before I must go I must report on the Sneaker Chronicles. New Years Eve I hit my goal of 5 miles, although I’m not sure if I count it just yet considering that I had to walk a bit here and there. However, today I hit my goal of 4 miles, and that is without having to walk at all. With that I will consider my first goal complete. 🙂 Many thanks to my new neato knee brace which has proven to keep my knee from wimping out on me.